Laussonne

Laussonne
Commune
Suc de Montchamp
Location of Laussonne
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Coordinates: 44°58′15″N 4°03′10″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fernand Chaize[1]
Area ^1	25.11 km^2 (9.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,017
• Density	41/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43115 /43150
Elevation	796–1,191 m (2,612–3,907 ft) (avg. 929 m or 3,048 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Laussonne (French pronunciation: [losɔn]; Occitan: Laussona) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,124	—
1975	1,052	−0.94%
1982	1,040	−0.16%
1990	1,063	+0.27%
1999	991	−0.78%
2009	996	+0.05%
2014	1,013	+0.34%
2020	1,015	+0.03%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Reine Antier (1801–83), founder of the Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Biographie de Reine Antier (in French), Congrégation des Soeurs de L'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles (Province du Canada), retrieved 3 November 2017